Free DUI Lawyer In California

Reader’s Question:

I have been driving for a long time and this is the first time that I was charged with a criminal traffic offense that’s why a DUI charge is very new to me. What do you think is the first thing that I would so after being arrested for DUI in California?

Daisy

El Monte, CA

One of the fundamental rules that you should do after being arrested for DUI in  California is to request for an administrative hearing with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) within 10 days upon your arrest. If you miss to request for the DMV hearing, you could lose your driver’s license for four months or so after 30 days. What’s even worse news is that the DMV hearing is entirely different from the criminal court trial. There would be no prosecutor at a DMV hearing and it is more often easier to “win” the defense at the DMV hearing than at the court trial.

With the knowledgeable guidance of a highly experienced DUI defense lawyer, you would be taken through the complicated process of a DUI case step by step. I tell you that you would not miss the deadline by which you must request the DMV hearing wherein you could risk losing your driving privileges for a certain period of time. Also, you would actually know when, where and how to file the required SR22 form from your insurance company.

Reader’s Question:

What does it cost to hire a lawyer for a DUI in Santa Barbara California?

Ben

Santa Barbara CA

Thank you for asking Ben

Fees may differ depending on the law firm or attorney, the facts and seriousness of the case and if the case is settled or tried. But, for a first offense DUI without aggravating factors, fees will generally range from as little as $1000.00 (typically charged by a lawyer with limited experience and no expertise in drunk driving defense (DUI)), to over $5,000.00 (for DUI defense lawyer with extensive experience and a practice devoted exclusively to the defense of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases). However, other than considering the cost for DUI lawyers, practitioners dedicated to the art and science of California DUI defense must also be considered and that it is the quality, not the cost, of your legal representation that should be of your greatest concern when retaining a lawyer. Make sure that the decision you make today in choosing Santa Barbara DUI defense lawyers will affect your rights, driving privileges and lifestyle for years to come, in that a Court conviction and DMV suspension due to California Drunk Driving will remain on your Court and DMV records for the next ten years.

MariCAR